I bought a MicroKORG! This thing packs a healthy fucking punch in a tiny little package.

Thanks to all the commenters for the advice. In the end I opted for the Korg because of what some of them suggested. The Alesis Micron had a lot of bells and whistles, but like the commenters said, when you stuff all that into a small package something ends up suffering.

Plus, the KORG has gigantic low-end bass synths that rattle the windows. Can’t wait to hear this thing run through a 18” sub woofer and my 450 watt bass amp!

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Awesome, I hope the little keys don't drive you crazy. That was the only reason I picked the MS2000 over the microkorg, and the additional knobs on the MS2000. Aside from that they are the same synth engine. I think they sound great, and I have a square wave bass patch I made that can rattle teeth for days. Now make some noise.

Coming from a band who prides itself in having an overwhelming amount of analog synths, we definitely rely on that lil guy a lot (microkorg)! Or maybe I'm just saying that because I don't personally own anything else..

FYI, if you plan on using the vocoder much, ditch the wimpy mic it includes and work with tweaking the presets a little for pretty amazing results (out of a $400 synth).